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18 Reasons You'll Never Leave Your House Again

These days, it's all about convenience. Time is money, and people are willing to pay a premium for not having to go out of the way to run errands and buy certain things. We like having other people go through the clutter for us, and we love to click a few buttons and have things to be delivered right to us.

Below, we've rounded up 18 products and services that streamline your life and bring items right to your door, saving you time and keeping you hip.f

1. For the Beauty Junkie: Birchbox

Beauty lovers have fallen hard for subscription pioneer Birchbox, which delivers a box of beauty products from high-end companies like Stila, Kiehls, Benefit and Bliss to your door for $10 a month. Birchbox branched out in 2012 with the launch of Birchbox Man ($20 a box), and the company recently underwent a global rebrand to become the service to find not just your next lipstick, but "your next everything."

2. For Your Fast-Growing Toddler: Spark Box

Babies need constant stimulation to develop a healthy curiosity. But keeping your home stocked with all the goodies to thrill your infant can add up, in terms of both money and space. Spark Box Toys is a monthly toy rental service for children ages 0-4, with an educational spin and a do-gooder twist. For a monthly fee ($25-$35, but a subscription is cheaper), you'll get a custom box of 4 or more educational toys — tailored to your baby's developmental level — delivered to you doorstep. You can keep the box for 4-8 weeks, then send it back for the next phase's goodies. Spark Box cleans the toys (in an FDA-approved process) and then repackages the for other kids, so it's like a crowdsourced hand-me-down. After a few stints with kids, the toys are donated to inner city public schools to benefit children in need.

Spark Box helps you cut the clutter, keeps your kid stimulated and helps you figure out what toys your kid should be playing with at that age, and is more efficient than trekking to Babies "R" Us every month for a new collection of toys.

3. For the Kids' Imagination: Kiwi Crate

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Kiwi Crate delivers a box of immersive, hands-on tools for kids ages 3-7 to explore arts and crafts, science and their own imaginations each month for $19.95 (save money by buying in bulk). Kids are notorious for getting bored easily, but Kiwi Crate gives them something new to conquer every month, keeping them stimulated, expanding their horizons and developing their creativity and curiosity. Sample box themes include dinosaurs, gardening, color, space and medieval times.

4. For the Julia Child Wannabe: Plated

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Want to channel your inner Iron Chef? No offense, but you probably need some help. That's where Plated comes in. The TechStars company posts a new chef-curated menu each week, and you choose the plates you want — selections include pan-roasted lemon-rosemary chicken and Asian-braised tilapia. Plated does the shopping for you and delivers all the ingredients you need for a gourmet meal. You can order a la carte or save some money with a monthly $10 subscription (in addition to the cost of food). It's a win-win-win — you get your DIY fix, you won't spend a fortune on food, and you get have Instagram fodder.

5. For the Host(ess) With the Most(ess): Revelry House

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Does anyone actually enjoy taking trips to Party City, filling up a cart with random wares and waiting in line and schlepping everything home, only to realize you forgot a tablecloth? Some things are better left to the pros, and party planning just might be one of them. Revelry House is a new party-in-a-box service that equips you with everything you need for a fantastic fete, whether it's a baby shower, a bachelorette party, a bridal shower or a New Year's bash, and it's served alongside relevant party-planning content, like "How to plan the perfect baby shower." The recent July 4th party-in-a-box included plenty of American flags balloons, twine, confetti, napkins, utensils, cups, straws, tealight candles, a patriotic scarf and more — enough for a 25-person party — for $179. All you would need to do was grill the dogs and buy the beer.

6. For Someone Looking to Snack Healthier: NatureBox

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It takes effort to be healthy — lines at Whole Foods and Trader Joe's look like Black Friday every day, and local grocery stores are stocked with things like potato chips and candy bars. But NatureBox scours the world for healthy, natural snacks that actually taste good, and delivers them along with recipes and ideas for healthy meals. The box costs $19.95 a month, which gets you five full-sized packages of snacks, such as chia seeds, vegetable chips and honey mesquite almonds.

Do you snag your pantyhose every time you wear them and dread the trip to the mall to replace them? Hoseanna — founded by two women — lets you pick your favorite hose, tights and sock styles, and they’ll send you replacements every two to three months. You can get everything from run-of-the-mill black hose to bodyshapers, and there's no monthly fee — prices run from $8 to $40, depending on the style.

8. For That Time of the Month: Hello Flo

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Hey, we get it — you're busy, and you don't have time to pick up your ladythings at the drugstore. Tell Hello Flo whether you have a light, medium or heavy flo (sorry, guys) and you'll get a monthly care package of tampons, as well as some treats to make that time of the month a little more tolerable. Monthly boxes run from $14 to $18, and they're discreet enough to ship to your office or dorm without prompting looks of suspicion.

9. For the Gym Rat: Ellie

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Hitting the gym and want to spice up your style? Check out Ellie, an activewear brand that offers cute yet not overpriced fitness apparel. The folks at Ellie believe "the best way to stay motivated comes from feeling good about how you look," and a constant stream of Ellie wares might be the kick in the butt you need to strut your stuff (read: run or lift) at the gym. We like their Fit Fashionista Club, which lets you reserve items before they go on sale, and gives you exclusive access to flash sales and discount codes, for $50 a month.

10. For a Rebooted Work Wardrobe: Elizabeth & Clarke

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Your work wardrobe needs a sprucing every season. Former investment banker Melanie Moore knows what a pain it is to shop for work-appropriate apparel, so she founded Elizabeth & Clarke in 2011 — you’ll get a box of work duds every quarter, in a variety of cool styles (button down, tee), soft materials (linen, supima cotton) in super matchable hues –- black, white and gray. Depending on whether you want one, two or three shirts, the cost is $30, $50 or $60 per quarter (items can be exchanged or returned for a full discount).

11. For the Woman Attending Lots of Weddings: Rent the Runway

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It's wedding season, and many women have experienced a) a "closet-full-of-clothes-and-nothing-to-wear" moment, or b) Facebook photo fatigue, a.k.a. you've already been photographed in that dress a few months ago, and it's all over Facebook. If you're looking for some fancy threads for a special occasion, Rent the Runway is the way to go. With a dream closet full of 50,000 dresses, the site's meticulous filters (occasion, sleeve type, length, color, body type, etc.) and accommodating stylists help you assemble a designer look that's 90% off retail price (for a 4-day rental). RTR offers same-day delivery in Manhattan, and overnight elsewhere, and they frequently offer deals for free shipping and special discounts through social media. It's the most painless way to dress-shop.

12. For the Guy With 5 O'Clock Shadow: Dollar Shave Club

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There’s more to a successful business than a splashy viral video. Lucky for Dollar Shave Club, they’ve got a great business plan and quality products to back up that video. There are three free handle models, which determine how much you’ll pay for four or five replacement blades each month – Humble Twin ($1), 4X ($6) or the Executive ($9). DSC also recently launched shave butter, which costs $8.

13. For the Guy Who Hates Shopping: Trunk Club

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Looking to reboot your wardrobe? Try Trunk Club. Go through a simple survey: Which looks would you wear? What stores do you shop at? Then, chat with a personal stylist via email or phone call, who will diagnose the missing items from a guy’s wardrobe. Each month, you'll receive a box of 6-8 items, and you can keep what you like and send the rest back (with a prepaid FedEx label). There's no monthly fee; you just pay for what you want to keep. And they don't skimp on brands — we’re talking about Theory, John Varvatos and J Brand.

14. For a Kickass Half-Windsor: FreshNeck

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FreshNeck is like Rent the Runway for ties, bow ties, pocket squares and cufflinks, and it offers established brands, like Hermes, Prada and Rag & Bone. Starting at $15 a month, you can set up a queue of items and return them for new duds at will — there's no limit to how long you can keep something. Like RTR, it's a great addition to the items you already have in your wardrobe and a fun way to add some variety without spending a fortune on a single new item.

15. For the Guy Who Wants in on the Funky Socks Trend: Nice Laundry

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Socks are having a moment, so guys better have a sassy pair on under those slacks. But socks also can get holey, and they tend to get mismatched. Rather than toss them — the U.S. generates 21 million pounds of textile waste a year — send them to Nice Laundry, who'll recycle them and restock your sock drawer for $90. The successful Kickstarter is contemplating launching a subscription offering, too, so you'll have fancy-shmancy socks day in and day out. Not sure how quirky you'd like your socks to be? The company has several collections, including Dreamer, Wild Child, Exec and Ladies' Man.

16. For Keeping the Spark Alive: Dejamor

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You might be busy, but that doesn't mean your relationship has to lose that something something. Dejamor is the Hitch of subscription boxes, providing you all the ingredients you need for some romance, as curated by relationship coaches, psychologists and intimacy experts, all for $34.95 a month. Each Dejamor package contains two boxes — one for "his eyes only" and another for "her eyes only," so even though you're getting help, there's still an element of surprise. Intimacy and spontaneity are key ingredients to a successful and happy partnership, but so are effort and commitment, and Dejamor makes it easy to keep things hot.

17. For Fresh Buds on the Regular: H.Bloom

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Want to have fresh flowers at home every week, every other week or every month? Whatever your desired frequency for flora, H.Bloom can make it happen, with its broad selection of gorgeous bouquets priced from $50 to $85. It's only available in New York, Chicago, Dallas, San Francisco and Washington, D.C. for now, but we hope it rolls out elsewhere. Bonus: They offer a "hero" package, intended for men to "surprise" their partners with flowers on three days of the year (say, Valentine's Day, a birthday, Mother's Day, etc.), for planned spontaneity that is sure to excite the recipient.

18. For the Pampered Pooch: BarkBox

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Fido deserves some love, too. While you may want spring's hottest shade, your pup is just jonesin' for some treats, toys and maybe a belly rub. Barkbox provides a few of the first two (organic dog biscuits, rawhides, chew toys) for approximately $17 a month, in addition to handy things for you, like biodegradable doggie bags. Boxes are customized based on your pup's size (small, medium and large).

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